Reporters' Notebooks

Wendell Barnhouse, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: The excellent college football insider: Notes, quotes and anecdotes.

Bob Ford, Philadelphia Inquirer: That's not cool. Rutgers' Greg Schiano, whose Scarlet Knights led I-AA Norfolk State, 45-0, called three timeouts near the end of the first half so his team could get the ball back and score again.

Andrew Logue, Des Moines Register: Iowa State unveiled its new helmet, uniform and logo designs to be used beginning next season.

Baird Helgeson, Tampa Tribune: South Florida won't be alone in profiting from selling out Raymond James Stadium for Friday's game against West Virginia. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to fatten their wallet.

Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal: Could the Nevada Las Vegas and Nevada game escalate to the 1995 standard, when there were two on-field brawls, 25 ejections and six arrests?

Jake Schaller, Colorado Springs Gazette: A Colorado senator has joined the fight to get The mtn. on satellite television.

Tony Phifer, Coloradoan: Mountain West Conference notebook: Utah and Nevada Las Vegas are the most confounding teams in the league.

Eric Hansen, South Bend Tribune: Will losing hurt the draft stock of Notre Dame's fifth-year seniors?

Eric Crawford, Louisville Courier-Journal: What went wrong at Louisville and why the media/fans didn't see it coming.

Rick Scoppe, Greenville News: Louisiana State's Les Miles disputed Steve Spurrier's contention there were "a couple of helmet-to-helmet" hits on a punt return against South Carolina.

Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Big 12 insiders: Texas and quarterback Colt McCoy have a debt to pay.

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